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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the board of directors of the |
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Dallam-Hartley Counties Hospital District to employ health care |
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providers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1018.061, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Subsections |
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(d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) The board may employ physicians or other health care |
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providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient |
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operation of the district. |
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(e) This section may not be construed as authorizing the |
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board to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as |
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prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |